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Volume 79 ? Number 35 - Murphy, North Carolina, 28906 ? Second Class Postage Paid At Murphy, North Carolina ? Thursday, April 15, 1971
For Lack Of Water
A two-story frame house on
Andrews Highway was destroyed by
fire las* Friday night. The Murphy
volunteer firemen had the fire
whipped at one point but ran out of
water and the flames broke out again
and consumed the house. The
dwelling was owned by J.B. Hall, Sr.,
the man in the hat shown talking with
firemen in the foreground. It was
occupied by James Palmer and Paul
Hedden. Cause of the fire was
unknown. (Photo by Owens)
Town Council Urges
Sales Tax For County
The Murphy Town Council
in its meeting last Monday night
approved a resolution urging
that the county commissioners
go ahead and impose the local
one-cent sales tax without a
vote on the issue.
Mayor Cloe Moore and
members of the council
discussed the matter before
passing the resolution and the
general opinion was that the
county needs the money from
the tax and the county
commissioners could save most
of the cost of a special election
(estimated at $5,000) by calling
off the election now and putting
the tax into effect.
The council also expressed
the desire that Andrews, as the
only other incorporated town
inside the county boundaries,
approve a similar resolution. If
the local sales tax becomes a
Andrews
ABC Store
To Open
The Andrews liquor store,
approved by the town's voters
back in February, will open for
business Thursday morning at 9
o'clock.
Grady Garrett, chairman of
the three-man Alcoholic
Beverage Control board in
Andrews, said the ABC store
will be open from 9 am. until 9
pm? six days a week.
Located in the old Shell
Diner building on the upper end
of Main Street in Andrews, the
store will employ four men and
a woman as bookkeeper,
Garrett said. The men will work
in pairs, one pair to the morning
shift and one to the evening
shift.
The store will sell liquor
and some wines, he said, but
will not handle beer. Customers
must be 21 or older and will be
required to show proof of age if
there is any doubt, he said.
Purchases will be limited to a
gallon.
reality in Cherokee County,
according to state law the
incorporated towns within a
Firebugs
Burn
Woods
Arsonists started a number
of woodsfires Sunday night and
early Monday morning in the
Beaverdam-Shuler Creek area,
keeping U.S. Forest Service
crews busy.
A Forest Service
spokesman said an
investigation by government
agents is under way. He said
the fires were apparently
started with delay devices,
fused perhaps with a slow
burning cigarette.
There were six attempts to
set fires in the Beaverdam
section, the firefighters said,
which resulted in four fires.
About 35 men and a bulldozer,
including some state
firefighters led by new Ranger
Harold Coleman, were needed
to control the Beaverdam fires.
Four deliberate sets caused
four fires in the Shuler Creek
section and there were two fires
set at Ogretta, the foresters
said, but these were stopped
quickly and burned a total of
only six or seven acres.
Three Beaverdam fires
burned over a out 35-40 acres,
the foresters said, and were not
under control until about 10
o'clock Monday morning.
Fire Permits
Are Canceled
Cherokee County Forest
Ranger Harold Coleman
announced today that all
burning permits for the county
have been canceled until
further notice by the N.C.
Forest Service, due to dry,
windy weather and the danger
of forest fires.
county share in the revenues
realized from the local tax, the
county getting the major
portion.
In other business, the
council approved moving of the
police department to quarters
in the town library building now
occupied by the Chamber of
Commerce office if
arrangements can be worked
out.
Mayor Moore reported that
the increase in Powell Bill
funds okayed by the current
Legislature, will mean that
instead of $14,000 the Town of
Murphy has been receiving
annually, the town next year
will g et about $25,000. He said
this comes from one cent of the
state gasoline tax, divided
among the towns on a formula
based both on the town's
population and its street
mileage.
Town Clerk Charlie
Johnson reported that the
sanitary landfill jointly
aperated by the Town and
Cherokee County is rapidly
running out of space and said
another site will have to be
found in the near future.
Johnson said the Tennessee
Valley Authority had offered its
service in planning an
expansion at the present site
but added that even with
expansion, the landfill will not
be able to remain at the present
location for more than a year.
Councilmen approved Bud
Brown's motion that the
Murphy Planning Board be
asked to help with a practical
plan for the landfill and then the
matter be discussed fully at a
joint meeting of the council and
county commissioners.
The council aW discussed
reorganization of the Murphy
Volunteer Fire Department and
Johnson read a set of proposed
bylaws, which would include
compulsory attendance at
regular meetings for firemen.
Councilman Joe Fowler was
dired .4 to study the bylaws and
the present roster of firemen to
make recommendations to the
council on the matter.
Commissioners
Call Meetings
On Sales Tax
The Cherokee County board of
commissioners has scheduled two public
meetings on the county one-cent sales tax
issue for next week.
Chairman Jack Simonds this week said
meetings will be held next Tuesday night at
Hiwassee Dam School and Thursday night at
the Andrews Town Hall to discuss the pros and
cons of the sales tax.
Both meetings will start at 7:30 p.m. he
said, and citizens of these areas are urged to
attend and discuss the sales tax matter with
the three commissioners, who have called for
a countywide vote on the question on May 22.
Simonds has also called a special meeting
of the commissioners for the Courthouse on
Saturday morning of this week, at which time
more public meetings on the matter will
probably be scheduled.
Governor's Wife
Coming Tuesday
Mrs. Robert W. Scott, wife
of North Carolina's governor,
will visit the John C. Campbell
Folk School next Tuesday to
join residents of Cherokee,
Graham and Clay counties in
observance of North Carolina
Heritage Week.
Mrs. Scott is scheduled to
arrive at the airport at Anikews
about 10:30 Tuesday morning
and depart from the airport at
theend of her visit about 3 that
afternoon. Folk School officials
say she plans no formal
speeches.
Mrs. Scott is state
chairman of Heritage Week,
initiated by the Cultural Arts
Division of the State
Department of Public
Instruction as a major new
annual event to focus on the
history and culture of the people
of the Old North State.
Residents of the three
counties are invited to bring a
covered dish to the Brasstown
school at rioon Tuesday, to join
Mrs. Scott in a traditional North
Carolina luck dinner. A
program of folk singing,
dancing and clogging will be
presented. An exhibit of
western North Carolina
handicrafts will also be on
display.
Area Heritage Weak
observances will begin Sunday,
with a shaped-note singing
convention at the Folk School,
commencing at 2:30 pjn. The
public is invited to attend.
All schools and colleges
within the state are being
encouraged to cooperate in the
April 18-25 celebration by giving
special emphasis to the study of
North Carolina historyand
culture. Businesses and
industries throughout the state
will offer special promotions of
North Carolina products,
display arts and crafts in shop
windows, and sponsor cultural
events.
Town Clean-up
Mrs. Holland McSwain of the Murphy Carder
Club Monday surveyed the unsightly litter around the
Rock Gym as the club made arrangements for e
townwide clean-up on Thursday of next week
Garbage should be tied in plastic bags, boxes or other
containers and town trucks and vehicles supplied b)
plants and individuals will be pressed into service foi
a big collection day.
Circus Coming I
The Hoxie Bros. 3-ring circus will be at the
Fairgrounds here in Murphy for two shows, at 6
p.m. and 8 p.m. next Tuesday, sponsored by the
Murphy Jaycees. Shown above is the center ring
elephant act. The circus also features a large wild
animal collection and sideshow. Billed as the
second largest tent circus in America, Hoxie Bros,
opens in Miami in March and plays the eastern half
of the country each season.
Thieves Hit Jewelry Store I
Thieves broke into a
Murphy jewelry store last week
and took more than $6,000 in
diamond rings and watches.
Moore Jewelers on
Tennessee Street was entered
Wednesday night or early
Thursday morning, according
to Mirphy Police Chief Pete
Stalcup.
Chief Stalcup said there
were at least two thieves,
perhaps more. They gained
entry to the building by
cutting a hole through an
unused second-story window at
the rear of the building which
had been boarded up.
Evidence found at the scene
indicated that the hole cut
through the covering at the
window was a small one, Chief
Stalcup said, and the burglar
who went through it was either
a very small person or maybe a
child. The small burglar
knocked out the supports for the
boards covering the window and
admitted the other person or
persons, according to the
Murphy officers.
Once inside the building,
the thieves took watches, rings
and earrings. Officers said only
the most expensive items were
taken but added that they were
taken from their individual
boxes, which willreduce their
value when the stolen goods are
re-sold. Chief Stalcup theorized
that the $6,000 worth of jewelery
will bring the thieves less than
$1,000.
Steve Revis
Assistant
Farm Agent
Appointed
The North Carolina
Agricultural Extension
Service has announced the
appointment of Steve Revis to
serve as assistant agricultural
extension agent in Cherokee,
day, Graham and Swain
Counties effective April 1. He
has recently completed a short
period of in-service training in
Raleigh.
Revis is a native of
Henderson County and is a
recent graduate of N.C. State
University where he was on the
Dean's List his last three
semesters. He holds a B.S.
Degree in Horticulture and has
specialized in fruits and
vegetables.
His primary area of
responsibility will be
Horticulture. However, he will
assist the Extension staff in
each of the four counties to
implement programs of income
development in agricultural
and agricultural resource
development projects.
Revis has served two years
with the U.S. Army reaching the
rank of Staff Sergeant. He
and his wife Judy and infant
son, James Matthew, have
moved to Murphy and are
residing on Valley River
Avenue.
Cherokee County politics
surfaced in the Legislature in
Raleigh last week as a bill was
introduced by the Democrats to
redistrict the county to their
satisfaction.
Two years ago Sen. Herman
(Bull) West, Republican, was in
the thick of the controversy
which reduced the board of
County commissioners in
Cherokee from six members,
with the chairman having two
votes, to three men with just one
vote apiece.
In an address last year to
the county Republican
convention, West made no
secret of the fact that the
districts for election of county
commissioners were drawn to
favor the Republicans. And
when the election was held last
Fall, two GOP candidates were
seated on the three-man board.
West, however, was defeated in
his bid for re-election.
Rep. Erwin W. Patton of
Franklin, Democrat,
introduced the bill, which he
said was given to him by the
Cherokee County Democratic
Party's executive committee. It
should be on the floor of the
House for a vote early next
week, he said, and will then go
to the Senate for ratification. I!
approved, it would go into effecl
for the 1974 county
commissioners primary and
election. He said so far he ha:
heard of no opposition to tin
redisricting.
Patton's bill would retail
the three-member board, ead
elected for a term of four year
by the voters in the district i
which the candidate resides.
Redistricting Bill Offered
Hie three districts, under
terms of Patton's bill, would be
made up of the following
precincts:
District 1 - Topton Precinct,
Andrews North Ward, Andrews
South Ward and Marble
Precinct.
District 2 - Murphy South
Ward, Peachtree Precinct,
Brasstown Precinct, Burnt
Meeting House Precinct,
Walker School House Precinct,
and Culberson Precinct.
District 3 ? Murphy North
Ward, Hanging Dog Precinct,
Grape Creek Precinct, Qgreeta
Precinct, Hot House Precinct,
Shoal Creek Precinct and
Unaka Precinct.
Rimco Adding Line
Peter McKeon, plant
manager of Rimco, an Indian
Head Company, has
announced the installation of
two new type warp knitting
machines.
These machines when in
commercial production will be
knitting fabrics primarily for
use in the outerwear market.
The installation of this
equipment at Rimco is
indicative of the company's
interest in involving its plant
facilities here in Murphy in this
rapidly expanding market for
Indian Head fabrics, McKeon
said.
Prior to the introduction of
this new product line in the
Rimco plant it had only
manufactured levers laces
primarily used for high quality
lingerie.
Callers In Andrews
Must Use Full Number
Customers of the Andrews
telephone exchange will have to
dial the complete 7-digit
numbers when calling each
other, beginning next Monday.
Paul Wooten, district
commercial manager of Westco
Telephone, said Tuesday that
Westco workmennext week will
begin installing equipment to
furnish Andrews with Direct
Distance Dialing by May 16.
Andrews subscribers whose
numbers begin with the prefix
321 have grown accustomed to
dialing only five digits, Wooten
said, the 1 of the prefix and then
the last four numbers.
However, he warned, the 1
is the key to making a direct
distance call and if Andrews
subscribers dial it a< the
beginning of a number nest
week, they will tie up the new
equipment being installed.
To make local caDa, he
urges that the Andrews
subscribers dial the fall
number, the 321 and then the
last fourdigits.
WCU To Dedicate Forsyth Building
Bankers, legislators, and
business educators will be at
Cullowhee Friday, as Western
Carolina University honors the
late W. Frank Forsyth at
dedication ceremonies for the
university's new School of
Business building.
A full program is in store
for all those attending. The
building dedication will begin at
11 am., and will include the
first annual W. Frank Forsyth
Memorial Lecture, to be given
by Dr. Arthur Warner, dean of
the College of Business
Administration at the
University of Tennessee.
Dr. Warner will speak on
the future of business education
in the Southeast.
The schedule includes tours
of the new building following the
lecture. All parts of the four
story, $1.25 million structure
will be open to visitors.
Three forums of interest to
businessmen and business
educators will highlight the
afternoon's activity. Beginning
at 1:30 pin., Dr. Harold K.
Charlesworth will discuss
trends in financing for small
business .and Dr. Mary Ellen
OUverio will talk about trends in
office and business education
for the 70's. Dr. Charlesworth is
president of the National
Council for Small Business
Management Development, and
Dr. Oliverio is author and
lecturer at Teachers College,
Columbia University.
At 2:49 pjn. Geroge R.
Watts, director o! data
processing for the State of
Indiana, will conduct a forum
on the place of computers in
business education.
The building which will
bear the name of W. Frank
Forsyth houses the WCU School
of Business, the Computer
Center, the Economic
Development Center, and the
business and Industrial
Placement Office It
provides K.OM square feet of
including 19 general
purpose and 13 special purpose
classrooms, sad offices for the
and 34 faculty
WCU School of
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